GENEVA, April 4 (Reuters ... Under the terms of the 1997 convention, countries were supposed to destroy all landmine ...

The four Geneva Conventions, agreed by every country, set out how soldiers and civilians should be treated in war. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols form the basis of modern ...

Geneva Conventions, cornerstones of international humanitarian law, turn 75 on August 12. With mass civilian casualties and ...

The Geneva Conventions are four separate treaties ... Further, they agreed that prisoners should be returned to their native countries. The white flag and red cross would serve both hospitals ...

The Geneva Conventions are a series of international treaties – four, to be precise – agreed by representatives of national governments between 1864 and 1949. Further protocols were added in ...

10 countries signed the Convention at first ... grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, and violations of the laws or customs of war committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia ...

In 1864, twelve nations signed the first Geneva Convention ... Today more than 190 nation states adhere to the conventions -- almost all the countries in the world. The international gathering ...

The enforcement of the Geneva Conventions lies in states themselves, and therein lies the weak spot in IHL: The laws seem to protect on paper but are difficult to enforce in practice. A drone view ...

The four Geneva Conventions, agreed by every country, set out how soldiers and civilians should be treated in war. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols form the basis of modern ...

GENEVA - NATO members Poland ... Under the terms of the 1997 convention, countries were supposed to destroy all landmine stockpiles within four years, although not all have complied, according ...